GRE Word List
OBSTREPEROUS
marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
The meaning of the word obstreperous is marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| overthrow | overturn |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |